remington 31 problem
Re: remington 31 problem
The carrier is a long dogleg piece that pivots from waaay back in the receiver. If the "knee" of the carrier wears a bit, the bolt slide will not lift it up high enough on the forward stroke for the shell to clear the bottom of the barrel. Simplest thing is to replace the carrier with one with fatter knees. Depending on the gauge/pattern you may find a carrier on GunBroker or elsewhere. I have some 12 gauge carriers laying around that might work. What's your gauge/SN?
Re: remington 31 problem
Well, I hadn't counted on that. I have no idea what's involved in sending a gun part Down Under. If you want to give it a try email me (see previous private message). I might have one that would work better.
Your 31 is what is referred to as a '41 pattern, the last of the three variations. The carriers do not interchange across the patterns, so you would need one out of a gun with a SN higher than around 35XXX to 37XXX (not sure of the exact cutoff).
I have measured the "knee" of various carriers that either worked all the time or didn't, and in my opinion chrome plating would not add enough "meat" to the knee to make a huge difference, but that's just my opinion and I'm not a gunsmith. I assume it would be possible to have some additional "meat" welded onto the knee and then shaped but I'm not a welder or machinist either.
Your 31 is what is referred to as a '41 pattern, the last of the three variations. The carriers do not interchange across the patterns, so you would need one out of a gun with a SN higher than around 35XXX to 37XXX (not sure of the exact cutoff).
I have measured the "knee" of various carriers that either worked all the time or didn't, and in my opinion chrome plating would not add enough "meat" to the knee to make a huge difference, but that's just my opinion and I'm not a gunsmith. I assume it would be possible to have some additional "meat" welded onto the knee and then shaped but I'm not a welder or machinist either.
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lonmower
Re: remington 31 problem
If it is okay with you, and with RSA, I would like to repost this quote on a social network. There is a bit of a debate going on about gun control, and my circle of friends (and myself) had no clue you guys have been dealing with this for the past 16 years? It sounds like a gunowner's worst nightmare, especially the "confiscate" part. Hope you make out okay with your model 31.john peek wrote:There is a story to it which might interest you. An old shooting partner of my fathers had a remington 31 which he bought from a Marine in the Pacific in 1945. He used that gun on duck and everything else until 1996 when our govt banned ownership of pump and auto shotguns to civillians. He let me shoot that gun sometimes whne I was a teenager and I just could not miss with it. He promised to leave it to me but it got confiscated which broke our hearts.
I recently bought a farm which made me eligible to own a pump gun. With third finger firmly raised at authority I went to great lenghts to get a Remington 31 in memory of my dear friend. I got it on Gunbroker and finally got approval to import it. I would be very interested in getting some parts from you if it could be done.